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I thought I'll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I'll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

[interview question]

Assuming a user is a root, can this user create a file that couldn't be read or deleted by other roots? ....by the same user?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

what is the difference between Wayland and xorg, why would you choose one over the other?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This was answered previously in this thread: https://lemmy.ml/comment/10140174

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use xorg on my desktop, because nvidia card don't have good support for my applications on wayland. Specifically, typing in electron app will jitter. I will be switching to wayland if this problem is solved.

I use wayland on my laptop because it is more secure and supports one-to-one gesture, which is crucial for trackpad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is explicit sync a good enough solution to make wayland gaming with nvidia a reality(+ remove window flickering like some people claim it will)? It's the last obstacle I find now trying to move my main pc to linux, and I don't really want to use x11.

Pd. Lesson learned, next time I'll get an AMD gpu.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If you really want to switch there isn't really any reason to not use X.

If you really want to use Wayland I guess it will take a while longer. It's not really 100% foolproof even if you get AMD. The vast majority of apps on Linux are designed for X and XWayland isn't completely ready either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is there any performance difference between KDE and GNOME?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
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